Taiwan Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said that data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-slashes-taiwan-tariffs-in-new-semiconductor-trade-deal-washington-to-reduce-tariffs-to-15-percent-in-exchange-for-usd500-billion-stateside-manufacturing-investment” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/u-s-slashes-taiwan-tariffs-in-new-semiconductor-trade-deal-washington-to-reduce-tariffs-to-15-percent-in-exchange-for-usd500-billion-stateside-manufacturing-investment”>the recent U.S.–Taiwan trade deal will not erode the island’s chip industry, often considered as its “silicon shield” against potential aggression from China, which data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinas-president-xi-jinping-calls-taiwan-reunification-unstoppable-military-drills-around-the-island-escalate-in-area-and-deployments” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link” data-before-rewrite-localise=”https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/chinas-president-xi-jinping-calls-taiwan-reunification-unstoppable-military-drills-around-the-island-escalate-in-area-and-deployments”>claims the island as its own, according to data-analytics-id=”inline-link” href=”https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-says-it-will-lead-democratic-high-tech-supply-chain-with-us-2026-01-20/” data-url=”https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-says-it-will-lead-democratic-high-tech-supply-chain-with-us-2026-01-20/” target=”_blank” referrerpolicy=”no-referrer-when-downgrade” data-hl-processed=”none” data-mrf-recirculation=”inline-link”>Reuters. The trade deal between the two partners requires Taiwanese companies to invest $250 billion in semiconductor manufacturing, energy production and distribution, and artificial intelligence research, development, and operations. Aside…
